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Surname
WHITE
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
37
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Ross
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Barr's Trustees
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Whilst repairing in a fallen roadway a piece of stone, 15 inches by 12 inches by 9 inches, fell from the roof and struck him on the head. The work was under the charge of an oversman, who had examined the roof and thought it was safe, and therefore relied on its not falling. It would have been better to have started from one end of the fall, and protected the workers overhead with temporary timber as they advanced.